The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
lR0NW00D THE VICTIM.
Fire Among the Wooden Buildings Meets
With Little Resistance and Sweeps
Everything Before lt-A List of the
Losses.

Fire broke out on the afternoon of the
18th III the upper part of a vacant build
ing on Aver Street, lronwood. Mich.
facing the Milwaukee, Lake Shore &
Western railway passenger depot.
/ mere Is no fire protection in lronwood
but buckets and it was soon apparent
that the whole street was doomed.
There was steady west wind but the
heat ignited the building and all west of
the starting point in the block burned.
The flames swept down on the
st. James hotel, burned that, and
then leaped across the street taking
Bingham x Perrin store and the Hoxie
X Milton lumber yard, and down the
street clearing everything to the rail
road tracks, making three blocks on
Aver Street besides the lumber ward
and depot. At the same time the fire
crept south, taking about two-thirds of
another block and then went across the
street east and burned about half
block. Over four blocks were con
sumed and most of the stocks of goods
went with the buildings. The Hurley
engine was sent over and stopped the
further spread of the flames south and
did excellent work.
The following is the list of losses: Pad
dy O'NeilPs variety theater, saloon and
fixtures, IS, 900; J. Sullivan, barber, $500;
koeheke Il Downing, saloon, 81 ,0OO;
John Hoberg, building, $1,000; Mellen
4 Kent, saloon and building, $500;
Bank of London, fixtures, S5C0; A. l..
Downs Co, drug stock, 81 500; Thatten
x Co, clothing $1,000; postotiice, Geo.
). Kelly, 8, 500; Wm. Luhv, three build
ings, $500; NJ. L. Kane, saloon and fix
lures, 500; Neil Powers, saloon and
fixtures, SEQ; st. James Hotel, build
lngs owned by John Shilling, 5000;
Z: }. Laugh, furniture, $1,000. Thomas x
McCabe, drug stock, $500; II. A.
Phinney, clothing, 81 900; c. Forstand &
Co, groceries, stock, $1,000; ID. MaxOn
< Co, hardware, $500; Mellen Bros,
furniture, $1,000; Perry x Gordon, print
ing office, 800; Bassett, $500; T. Atkin-
son, three buildings and saloon, stock,
$40, 900; Rothchild building. torn down,
g, 800; Bingham & Perrin, 5000;
Demorris building and saloon,
$1,000; Con Gary, saloon and hotel,
5000; Lieberthal Bros, general stock,
5000; Mcclellan, hotel, 81, 500; G.. s
Anderson, hotel, 81 800; Jno. Hoberg,
building, 81, ,0G0; Christopher & Johnson,
saloon, $500; IronwoOd Store Company,
stock and building, 325,0 600; c. J. Miller,
clearinghouse, 5000; Hoxsie & Mil
Ter, lumber, Sl5,CJ0; f. juneau,
saloon and building, $500; Alex.
Runstrom, building and saloon, S., 500;
Chet. Boyer, building and saloon
stock, 8, 800; F. Fitzsimmons, house,
1000; A. Firick, saloon, $500; p Walk
er, hotel, 50 900; Milwaukee, Lake Shore
4 Western freight depot, $1,000; Schlitz
Brewing Company, s., 500; Val. Blatz
Brewing Company, $1,000; Jno. Erick
sons boarding house, s., $50; Northern
Meat and Provision Company, s., 900; w.
F. Pintz building, S4,20O; Baldwin &
pie, building, 5000; Nash 4 stone,
meat market, $500; John Forte, saloon
and boarding house, S4, 500; Barilonior,
saloon and boarding house, 5000.
There are numerous small losses amount
ing in the aggregate to at least $4,000,
and the damage to stock by water and
breaking is at least $50 600